Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-07-28

CLEVELAND, July q Music Hall, the
largest audience room in the city, was
packed to sufIocation at the opening Of
the convention. The hall was elegant
ly decorated and had the following ap-
propriate notices cOnspicuously dis
played: "Cleveland Extends Greeting
to 0hiO's Democracy Success will
Crown Your Work To-day"
Not only were there many ladies upon
the state, but the balcony held hum
dreds of them. The Tenth district dele
CATION had seats in the rear of the hall,
while the old Sixth was right in front.
The hall seats 5000 people, and 5000
fans were kept constantly in motion,
making an unique picture from the
stage.
A close inspection of the finest and
most enthusiastic audience that ever
gathered in Music Hall, just before the
convention disclosed the lily white
badges of Campbell and red badges Of
were about equally distributed on Pow
ell the manly breasts Of the delegates.
Now and then Foran badge could be
seen modestly peeping out from a
cloud of others.
The stage was crowded with represen-
tative men ofthe party-men who have
carved for themselve a place in the af-
fection of the Commonwealth. The
appearance of Senator Payne on the
stage was greeted with prolonged cheers
that rose from gallery to gallery to the
roof. When the applause had sub
sided, Henry BOIL raped for order and
made ringing speech, and the work
of the convention had commenced.
Henry BOIL made an eloquent speech,
which was heartily applauded. He pre-
dicted DemOcrotic success, and con-
graduated the convention on the class
of candidates from which they had to
choose. --.e-.H
T. J. Lindsay, of Putnam, chairman
of the committee on rules and perma-
nent organization, reported that Hon.
George E. Seney, of Tiffin, had been
selected as permanent chairman and
E. d. Sawyer, of Cleveland, as perma-
nent secretary. reported from each dis
trict, the Tenth bening credited with
Frank Steible, of Erie. The usual rules
governing deliberative bodies were
adopted.
A committee consisting of r. r.
Holden, John McBridge and James E.
Neal escorted Hon. George Seney to
the stage who made the following elo-
quent address:
ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT sENEY.
GENTLEMEN OF THE CoNvENTIoN:-
We meet here to-day as the chosen rep
.resentatives of 10000 Democrats to in
augurate political campaign which I
confidently believe will result in taking
from the Republican party the control
of the government of this great State.
Happily our party has no family quar-
rels upon its hands. Democrats every
where are at peace among themselves
and never more firmly united than they
are at this hour. Every Democrat
seems to know who will be his leader in
1883, and all are content, and none have
doubts as to the result of the contest.
We are all of one mind about q candi-
date for Governor, not because of a
two-term rule, but because among
Democrats Thurman stands, as did Saul
among the prophets, head and should
ers above all, and because, too, Thur
man would honor the gubernatonial
him. But the Old Roman, God bless
him, while willing to follow, is unwilling
to lead in the fight, and therefore we
will will either take from the Delawares
their chief and place him at the head of
our column, or go to that section of our
State where large Republican majorities
are overcome and choose Buffers con-
quering hero for ourleader, or stay here,
in the Democratic city of Cleveland.
and take for our candidate him who led
in its redemption from Republican rule.
While it cannot be said in advance
of your nominations upon whom the
honors of this convention will fall, yet
it can be said that If they fall upon the
worthy there Is every reason to believe
that your ticket will be triumphantly
elected in November. In the Republican
party there is war. For the general en-
gagement between the contending frac-
tions at Toledo next week every toma-
hawk is sharpened and every scalping
knife we'll whetted. While it is a matter
or indifference to Democrats who whips
or gets whipped, in that fight, the char
acter of the struggle is not without in
terest to us all. About the party meas
ures our Republican opponent seeming
ly do not disagree. Their quarrel is,
apparently, angry, bitter and exter
minating, and all about men. Blaine
wants to be the next President, and so,
too, does Sherman, and as only one can
be and neither ever will be, Democrats
see nothing for alarm in Blaine waiting
and watching on the other side of the
ocean for something to turn up, or in
Sherman shaking hands over the bloody
chasm at Nashville, or Haunting the
bloody shirt at Springfield. In the
coming fight we will surely win. The
Legislature of our State for two years
past in the dictation of the Republican
party and its high handed and revolu-
tionary methods to obtain a partisan
majority to enact partisan laws cannot
be defended before the people of Ohio,
and whoever attempts so to do will
meet with rebuke. The executive
department. of our State Government
| for nearly two years past has been ad-
ministered topromote the personal am
bitions and the political fortunes of
those in control, and to further the in
terests of their party more than the in
terests of the. people. The Republi-
can party is responsible for the
present empty condition of the
State Treasury and the Taxpayers OF
Ohio will want to know when their
votes are sought for in the fall why the
money demands Of the late Republican
Legislature are largely In excess of the
revenues Of the State. Fortunately for
the country there is no serious disagree
p,ant hatw cen DpmOorAts aS To measures